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Justin's DraftKings DFS lineup picks for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono Raceway. Read his 2025 daily fantasy NASCAR advice and Truck sleepers.
After taking last weekend off while the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series were both in Mexico, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to action on Friday evening at Pocono Raceway for the MillerTech Battery 200.
Last time out at Michigan, Stewart Friesen scored a surprise victory, likely locking him into a playoff spot. The win was his first since the Texas race in 2022.
Let's look at some NASCAR Truck Series DFS lineup picks for the NASCAR Truck Series MillerTech Battery 200 on DraftKings. Be sure also to check out our NASCAR Premium Tools for Truck Series, including our DFS Lineup Optimizer and powerful Research Station. This slate locks on 6/20/2025 at 5:20 p.m. EDT.
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Top Plays
Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar star third and fourth, respectively. Both were my top plays before qualifying and remain in that spot after qualifying.
I mentioned below I'd probably fade Layne Riggs, but he qualified on the pole so I feel a little better about him now because of the speed he's shown this weekend.
Place Differential Plays
Here are some strong place differential options:
- Grant Enfinger (14th)
- Chandler Smith (15th)
- Ty Majeski (16th)
- Tyler Ankrum (18th)
- Daniel Hemric (19th)
- Matt Crafton (20th)
- Ben Rhodes (34th) - Chalk alert!
- Dawson Sutton (35th) - My favorite value play of this race.
Drivers to Avoid
Here are some drivers who start too high and have too much risk for negative place differential:
- Kaden Honeycutt (Second) - Great to see the speed Honeycutt has been showing, but I'm not quite at a spot where I'd play him from the front row
- Tanner Gray (Fifth)
- Andres Perez De Lara (Seventh)
- Connor Mosack (12th)
- Luke Baldwin (17th)
Top Drivers
Corey Heim - $11.7K
Corey Heim had his second-worst finish of the season last time out at Michigan, but he still led 29 laps in the process. That now gives Heim 11 consecutive races with double-digit laps led. The only times he didn't reach that mark this year were Daytona and Atlanta, two drafting tracks where leading is unpredictable.
Corey Heim should be having a record breaking season and it really highlights just how much of Nascar is outside of drivers' control. could have doubled his win count easily
— db 🐡 (@kensethology) June 7, 2025
There's no reason to think a bad finish last race says anything about Heim this weekend.
Also worth noting here: Heim won this race last year, leading 55 laps in the process. In three Pocono starts, his worst finish is fourth. He's the clear favorite on Friday.
Carson Hocevar - $10.7K
We've seen uneven results from Carson Hocevar when he's dropped down to the Truck Series this season. He spent all day in the mid-pack at Texas, then dominated on his way to a win at Kansas, then led 56 laps at Michigan before fading to an 11th-place finish.
I would bet on another good run on Friday, though. Pocono isn't among his best tracks, but he finished fifth at the track in the 2022 Truck race.
Chandler Smith - $10.0K
The last time Chandler Smith was at this track in the Truck Series, he won in dominant fashion, qualifying second and then leading 49 of the 60 laps.
He wasn't able to replicate that success in 2023 and 2024 in the Xfinity Series, which does introduce a slight bit of doubt here. Heim and Hocevar seem like the better contenders for the win, but I love Smith as a pivot off the two.
(I should note here that I'm probably fading Layne Riggs, unless he has a poor qualifying run. He wasn't good in this race last season and is priced just a bit too high for my liking.)
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Grant Enfinger - $9.2K
Grant Enfinger has run well at Pocono over the past two seasons, posting top fives in 2023 and 2024, including a second-place run last year.
He's never led a lap here, so I'd be hesitant to place a bet on an Enfinger win, but he should run solidly in the top 10 all day with a shot to sneak out another top five.
Daniel Hemric - $8.7K
Daniel Hemric crashed at Michigan last race, ending a run of six consecutive top-10 finishes. Maybe this No. 19 isn't as consistent a win contender as it was last year when Christian Eckes was in it, but Hemric still has the team consistently running near the front.
Hemric is 5-for-6 in Xfinity at finishing in the top 10 at Pocono and 1-for-2 in the Truck Series.
Brandon Jones - $8.5K
After four disappointing results in his first four Truck Series races of the year, Brandon Jones has now posted consecutive top 10s in his last two races in this No. 1 truck.
Add in that his one previous Truck Series start at Pocono back in 2020 saw Jones end the day in Victory Lane, and you start to see the appeal of this Tricon team on Friday.
Tyler Ankrum - $8.3K
Tyler Ankrum used to be good at Pocono. He finished second in his very first start here in 2019 and went on to post top 10s in his first three races at the Tricky Triangle.
.@TylerAnkrum has his sights set on returning to the top-five at @PoconoRaceway.
No. 18 team Pocono preview ➡️ https://t.co/7234KZR03h#NASCAR #LIUNAbuilds pic.twitter.com/1Wv1NxVYnq
— Bill McAnally Racing (@BMR_NASCAR) June 18, 2025
His past three Pocono races have seen him finish 16th, 12th, and 14th, but those aren't that bad as far as results go. He's running much better overall in 2025, so I'd bet on those early Pocono results being closer to his outcome on Friday.
Rajah Caruth - $8.1K
Rajah Caruth has shown good speed in both of his Truck Series races here, qualifying seventh in 2023 and third in 2024. His finishes (16th and 10th) haven't quite lived up to that, but he's been running well in 2025 and should have a good shot at a top 10.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Value Picks
Ben Rhodes - $7.9K
Thorsport has struggled this year. It's made it tough to trust its most expensive driver, Ty Majeski, in DFS, but it does offer some opportunities to find value with the other drivers.
For example, Ben Rhodes at $7.9K this week feels like a nice value. Rhodes is coming off a strong effort at Michigan, where he qualified ninth and finished fourth, his best finish of the year.
Now, he comes to Pocono, a track where he has an average finish of 11.2. It's not his best track, but he usually runs well here and has never finished outside the top 20 in nine career starts.
Stewart Friesen - $7.7K
Don't expect Stewart Friesen to roll off back-to-back Truck Series wins, but he should be a solid top-10 threat on Friday. Friesen has three top 10s at this track, including finishing seventh here in 2024. If he stays out of trouble, he feels like a lock to finish at least 15th.
Giovanni Ruggiero - $7.4K
Rookie Giovanni Ruggiero keeps running well at these fast tracks. He failed to get a top 10 at Michigan last time out, but still had a solid day, finishing 12th with a +8 in place differential.
Sure, Ruggiero is on a three-race streak without a top 10, but the speed is still there, and his DFS price is low enough that I'm comfortable taking a shot on him this weekend.
Matt Crafton - $7.2K
Can Matt Crafton follow up his best run of 2025 with another strong one at Pocono? Maybe! These faster tracks like this have been the veteran's strong spot lately, and Crafton has finished in the top 15 in eight of the past nine Pocono races, including an eighth in 2024.
Patrick Emerling - $7.0K
I like the way Spire has given some backmarker drivers a shot this year in the Truck Series.
Patrick Emerling's past track record goes completely out the window here. He's pretty much never driven a good car in NASCAR aside from his Truck start earlier this year for Henderson Motorsports.
Patrick Emerling making his Spire Truck debut this weekend at Pocono in the No. 07 Goat Power Bikes Chevrolet Silverado RST. #NASCAR #ThePodiumFinish pic.twitter.com/c8z8OVxEd5
— Declan Wayman (@declan_wayman) June 20, 2025
Emerling did well in that one, though! He started 32nd at North Wilkesboro and went on to finish 19th. It was a good day for place differential purposes. Now, he's in what should be an even better Spire truck.
Matt Mills - $6.5K
Matt Mills always feels like a good bet if you're looking for a mostly ignored driver to get a top 15. His last couple of races haven't gone well, but he was seventh at Charlotte plus had top 15 runs at Kansas and Homestead.
Dawson Sutton - $6.2K
Need a cheap driver who is capable of delivering a 15th-place finish? That might be Dawson Sutton, who seems to run better at faster tracks.
Sutton's average finish this year is 18.5, but he's finished ahead of that in four of the last five races on intermediate (or larger) tracks, only failing to hit that mark at Charlotte, where a mechanical issue ended his day early.
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